Ages ago I impulsively purchased three skeins of a fingering weight yarn. I just found the colors irresistible and so I bought enough for a larger project, but without anything in particular in mind. The colorway was named Quite Pensive.

Somewhere shortly thereafter a friend of mine knit a pattern that I had overlooked and I realized that the yarn and the pattern were a perfect match.

(Aside to the knitters: do you ever overlook patterns due to lackluster presentation in pattern form, but then see a friend make one and realize you MUST KNIT THAT GARMENT RIGHT NOW? No? Just me?)

I purchased the pattern and slated the project a candidate for my 11 sweaters in 2011. I duly started knitting in June of last year and abandoned it shortly there after because tiny yarn + tiny needles don’t = very much progress very quickly. But this year, in the 100+ temperatures and fresh off my Olympic knitting victory, I decided to GIT ‘ER DONE. And I did.